War has prevented foreigners from getting to Ukraine to pick up the babies.

He was detained in Sofia late on Thursday.

The airport in Lviv, the biggest city in western Ukraine, was targeted by four Russian cruise missiles in a pre-dawn attack.

Fighting continues across many parts of Ukraine as Russian forces bombard key cities - but time is running out as rescuers try to reach hundreds of people trapped underneath rubble in a Mariupol theatre.

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Before the company's Thursday decision, people in Ukraine were allowed to send money but not receive funds.

Some drivers have been accused of attacking others who have not joined their strike.

A jury concluded that Sala was “deeply unconscious” after being poisoned by exhaust fumes before he was killed.

The 37-year-old man confessed to the killing on Thursday, according to judicial sources.

More than 157,000 Italians have died since the start of the pandemic in 2020.

The French President said he would increase the retirement age, cut taxes and further loosen labour market rules if he wins next month's election.

Some scheduled trains were cancelled while others were stopped on Poland's 820 kilometres of railway.

UK defence secretary Ben Wallace said an imposter claiming to be the Ukrainian PM attempted to contact him.

As the war rages on, deaf Ukrainian refugees find shelter and support at Romania's border.

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"At a time when most of the right-wing leaders across Europe are distancing themselves from Putin, Orban is attempting a daunting balancing act."

It would have been the first time a Muslim-majority country allowed same-sex civil unions.

The first survivors have been pulled from the rubble of a bombed theatre in the besieged southern Ukraine city of Mariupol, where authorities say more than a thousand civilians had gone for shelter.

With relations between Russia and Europe reaching a new all-time low, what is life like for Westerners in the country?

"We believe such rhetoric to be unacceptable and unforgivable," said a spokesman for the Kremlin.

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It was the same region that was hit by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami 11 years ago.

Iryna Zemlyana went to her favourite restaurant and enjoyed peace before Russia invaded.

Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin learned he had tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday evening while attending an event with US leaders.

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In a speech to the German parliament, Ukraine's president Zelenskyy invoked WWII, the Berlin Wall and John F. Kennedy in a plea for more help against the Russian invasion.

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy has said his 'heart breaks' after a Russian bombing on a theatre in the besieged city of Mariupol where officials say more than a thousand civilians were sheltering.

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Up to 90% of Ukrainians will be affected by poverty and extreme economic vulnerability, with the war "setting the country back decades", top official told the UN Security Council on Thursday.

The United Nations’ top court granted measures requested by Kyiv, but many are sceptical that Russia will comply.

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Violent clashes and riots have broken out on the Mediterranean island after a pro-independence prisoner was attacked.

The German parliament is debating a new law that would relax most anti-COVID restrictions.

The independent newspaper was blocked by Belarus in July and banned as an "extremist" entity in November.

She first came to Italy as a child after fleeing Chernobyl, now she is once again back at her Italian foster family's home after escaping war. Euronews speaks to Ukrainian refugee Taisia.

"Today, the Ukrainian people are defending not only Ukraine, we are fighting for the values of Europe and the world, sacrificing our lives in the name of the future."

The majority of Ukrainian refugees have fled to Poland.

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In a new video message Ukraine's president says talks with Russia have turned 'more realistic' but earlier he appeared to concede the door is closed to his country joining NATO.

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The bombardment of residential areas of the southern port city of Mariupol continued on Wednesday when the city's Drama Theatre was hit. Up to a thousand civilians were seeking shelter there, according to local authorities.

Between March and June 2020, Swiss citizens faced up to three years in prison if they held public or private demonstrations.

The move aims to prevent the next generation of Danes from touching any form of tobacco.

"Georgia, having part of the territory occupied, being on the frontline, does not exactly behave as a country that is a member of NATO and is protected in many different ways," Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia's president, told Euronews.

US President Joe Biden will travel to Brussels next week for face-to-face talks with European leaders about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

It came after the UK settled a decades-old debt to Iran.

A further 92 officers from Portugal, France and Italy will be temporarily deployed to Kosovo in the coming weeks.

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The Kremlin critic says the charges against him are politically motivated.

Euronews speaks to Siemon Wezeman from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) about Russia's evolving military tactics in Ukraine.